The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-12

Midi Will the approval or the S6cr6
tary of the Treasury to invite and pay
for new designs of existing coins as
contemplated by circular recently
issued by the Director. The Attorney
General has given an opinion In the
negative.
THE MAXWELL LAND GRANT.
Acting Commissioner Stockslager, OF
the General Land Office, has recon-
mended to the Secretary of the Interior
that the Attorney General be requested
to file motion in the Supreme Court
for re-argument of the Maxwell land
grant case, in which the decree of cir
cult court for the district Of Colorado
was affirmed April, 1880, last. Mr..
Stockslager says the grounds upon
which I think a re-hearing should be
had are that the court was fundamen-
tally in error in treating the grant as
an impressario grant since, nrSt that no
contract was entered intoas provided
by the Mexican laws for tie introduce
tion of persons of the class or upon the
terms prescribed in such cases. Sec
| ond, that an analysis of the grant to
Beaubein 81 Meranda will disclose that
| no impreSSario feature entered into said
grant. Third, that said grant was
| specifically a private settlement grant
made TO two persons Tor e1eyen leagues
and that eleven leagues osNy was ap-
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& Meranda to be equally. divided be-
| tween them, and that the foregoing
propositions can be shown and demon
| Strated upon reheariDg. The Acting
| Commissioner adds that new evidence
is in the possession of General Benja-
| min F. Butler, whose services in the
matter can be secured. The sugges-
lions, he says, are in accordance with
| the wishes of Commissioner Sparks.
He urges immediate attention as the
time for moving for a rehearing will
expire on the 18th inst.
GIVEN FULL POWER.
Secretary Fairchild to-day addressed
! a letter to Captain M. A. Healey, COM
| manding the revenue steamer Bear at
San Francisco, which will soon set sail
| for Alaskan waters, clothing him with
| full power to enforce the law which pro-
| hibits the killing of any otter, mink,
manter, sable, or fur seal, or other fur
bearing animal within the limits of
Alaska Territory or in the waters
| thereof except under the law and de-
partment regulations. Captain Heal
ey's attention is called to section 1881 :,
revised statutes, which fOrbidS the
killing any where of female seals and
seals less than one year old, and he is
| instructed to use the force at his COM
mand to the end that no persons at
tached to or connected with any vessel
of the United States violate this law,
and also to enforce the penalties pro-
vided for such violation. He is also
enjoined to be diligent in enforcing
the law against the importation
of intoxicating liquors and breech
loading rifles and ammunition
into the territory of Alaska, as provided
by executive order of May 4th. These
orders are almost identical with those
issued on the same subject last year. No
reference is made to the alleged en-
croachment on our fishery rights by
foreign nations. That question still
forms the subject of negotiations be-
tween this country and Great Britain
and the policy of this government with
regard thereto naturally remains I'M
settled.
TRADE DOLLAR REDEMPTION.
Reports received at the Treasury
department show that $500, 426 trade
dollars have been redeemed to date.
The principal redemption was in Phila-
deli hia.
CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.
The law passed by the last Congress
to regulate Congressional election
cases, allows thirty days after the
filing of the certificate of election for
the cOntestee to give notice OF contest,
thirty days for the contestant to reply
and ninety days for the taking of tes-
timony, which shall be forwarded to
the Clerk of the House without I'M
necessary delay. This testimony has
been received by the Clerk of the
House in the contested cases of Nc
Duffie against Davidson of Alabama,
WorthingtOn against Post of Illinois,
Lowry against White of Indiana,
Brand against Glover, of Missouri, and
Smalls against Elliott, of South Caro-
(n%i hnc Hof
expired in the New Hampshire case of
Haines against Mckenzie. In the case
of Thabe against Carlisle the period
within which the testimony must be
taken ended on the 25th ult., but no
testimony has yet been received by
General Clark, Clerk of the House.
General Clark says there may have
been some cause for delay in forward
ing testimony in this case, although he
has not been appriSed of any.
Lar sbee and tine RAILROAD COmmis-
stOners.
Dies MONIES, Ia, May THE Rail
road Commissioners in the case of the
complaint of Governor Larrabee
against the Chicago, Burlington s.
Quincy Railroad, gave its decision this
morning. They say the complaint
makes it their duty to determine
whether or not the railroad company
had charged an unreasonable
rate. The Governor had ar
raigned and put them on trial
| before the bar of public opinion for the
manner in which they had performed
their duties and had given them notice
| unless they redeemed themselves 1.-The
Commission will have to CO." Lengthy
| quotations are made from the Govern
/Nf kHa.a
board and for their alleged neglect OF
duty. They further say that in Febru-
| airy last they held in this same case
that the shipment of coal from
Cleveland, on the 60" Road to Glen
wood, 1876 miles, and to Council Bluffs,
! 157 miles, were under like conditions
| and circumstances, except distance,
that $3.50 per ton for the short distance
against $125 for the longer distance was
an excessive and unjust dIscrimina at Of :
and they recommended a revision OF the
tariff rates to conform to the
provisions of the Interstate Commerce
law. The road advances its Council
Bluffs rates to $3.50. a Te-hearing was
| had and the commission after review
| ing the arguments and afcareful study
of rates on all roads find a general con-
cession is made at competing points.
From all sources of information
roads, a proper terminal charge is 80
/ cents a ton; that additional reasonable
rate up to 100 mile distance should be
nine mills per ton per mile; to 200
miles mills; to 800 miles mills; to
400 miles mills per ton. The rate on
coal from Cleveland to Glenwood
would be S145. The decision of the
commission is unanimous. This is the
first decision of ''long and short haul''
rates In this state.
Satasfled with Garden City.
GARDEN CITY, May 9.-In regard to
the removal of the United States Land
i Office from this city the following cir